California's air quality = worst in the world

CalvinIS · 2018-11-18T22:29:29.000Z

Good Hepa Filters are worth their weight in gold now, glad I have mine and N95 masks from the earlier Napa fires.

Good for beamshots, bad for everything else. Taken in front of the store:

BlancoFire · 2018-11-18T22:28:15.000Z

Not too bad here, certainly not bad enough where I can’t get out and do some raking of the forest floor.

teacher · 2018-11-20T01:43:58.000Z

How long have these wildfires been burning out there??

BlancoFire · 2018-11-20T01:45:32.000Z

A couple of weeks, or forever, depending on your point of view.

cabfrank · 2018-11-20T02:41:36.000Z

Teacher, the Camp Fire (a really stupid name that conjures images of scary stories and roasted marshmallows) started the 8th of November. It is the deadliest, and most destructive fire in CA history, and is only about half way done burning. 77 people are already dead, and 900-1000 are still missing. The air quality has been horrible here since then.

teacher · 2018-11-20T02:56:53.000Z

BlancoFire:

A couple of weeks, or forever, depending on your point of view.

cabfrank:

Teacher, the Camp Fire (a really stupid name that conjures images of scary stories and roasted marshmallows) started the 8th of November. It is the deadliest, and most destructive fire in CA history, and is only about half way done burning. 77 people are already dead, and 900-1000 are still missing. The air quality has been horrible here since then.

Wow… thanks for the info guys. Best wishes… looks like y’all need them.

“Camp Fire”… interesting name, wonder how they came up with that??

CalvinIS · 2018-11-20T02:58:03.000Z

It's supposed to rain on Wednesday, hopefully that helps with the fire. The wind direction will also change, but that means our smoke problem is going to Nevada, not a solution.

Lightbringer · 2018-11-20T02:58:51.000Z

freeme:

Finally, air purifier is highly recommended for your home. Regular air-con is not sufficient to shield you from those tiny harmful PM2.5 particles.

I got blasted before for recommending “unconventional” devices before, but negative ion generators do work.

The walls next to the critter will eventually be covered with dark ick (better’n floating around and/or getting into your lungs, though).

They attach a charge to the particles, which then stick to whatever’s around. Again, preferably a wall or even furniture, instead of your juicy internals. Kinda like rubbing a cat on your sweater and sticking him to a wall, to be held there by static electricity.

Lightbringer · 2018-11-20T03:00:57.000Z

teacher:

Your comment has made me hungry for some crawfish & shrimp my friend…

Just had shrimp foo young for lunch today, so I know the feeling.

cabfrank · 2018-11-20T03:02:58.000Z

Thanks. I haven’t heard, but it is a ridiculous name for such a devastating event.

mmalive · 2018-11-20T03:04:49.000Z

So Cal is not doing very good at all. The smoke is very bad. One can see a layer of grey over the sky.

On related note, dusk, respirator masks flying off shelves. No seems to have any in stock.

teacher · 2018-11-20T03:05:44.000Z

CalvinIS:

It’s supposed to rain on Wednesday, hopefully that helps with the fire. The wind direction will also change, but that means our smoke problem is going to Nevada, not a solution.

WOW…. That does look bad!! . Hopefully it will rain a lot!

I can’t even imagine…… :person_facepalming:

hank · 2018-11-20T03:31:52.000Z

box fan filter.

That’s a good idea. Even better, tape some cardboard flanges around the output of the fan to direct it away otherwise the air will just circle round and round. ’oogle “ducted fan” for how that works.

teacher · 2018-11-20T06:09:41.000Z

leaftye:

See if you can get him a box fan filter. It’s literally a box fan with a HEPA filter taped to it. It’s a cheap and effective, although they may need more than one for different areas of their home. People in Seattle were using it earlier this year when their city was shrouded in forest fire smoke.

What a wonderful idea!! And economical compared to a ’real’ one!! It probably works just as good too. I may make one to purify the air in my house…

hank:

That’s a good idea. Even better, tape some cardboard flanges around the output of the fan to direct it away otherwise the air will just circle round and round. ’oogle “ducted fan” for how that works.

Yep, the “cardboard flanges”…. essentially a shroud; would up the preformance to the next level! :+1:

teacher · 2018-11-20T06:25:23.000Z

cabfrank:

Thanks. I haven’t heard, but it is a ridiculous name for such a devastating event.

I just read that it was first reported at Camp Road near Pulga. I guess maybe that is how it got the name “Camp Fire”. :person_facepalming:

I did some reading about it HERE …. the devistation is utterly amazing!!! .

eas · 2018-11-20T06:55:42.000Z

Take care, folks. We had some experience with that up here this summer. Seattle had heinous air (200+) last August because of fires in north central WA and British Columbia.

A friend recommended this story from the LA times on the CA wildfires. I just started reading it.

cabfrank · 2018-11-20T07:43:15.000Z

Thanks guys. I will read both of those.

Alen · 2018-11-20T09:14:15.000Z

Really sorry for the disaster Fires on the Chaparral.
California is a beautifull naturalistic place,
I have on dream to visit

teacher · 2018-11-20T14:28:37.000Z

leaftye:

teacher:

“Camp Fire”… interesting name, wonder how they came up with that??

Camp CREEK Fire, but people started dropping the CREEK, and the name stuck.

Thanks leaftye, that makes sense. :+1:

deleted-200707 · 2018-11-20T19:12:09.000Z

Drove south on 101/880 through Oakland/San Jose Sunday. It was pretty bad and I bought a P100 mask with huge pink round filters screwed on the sides. I looked like a preying mantis eating princess Leia’s face. Thankfully the car’s hepa cabin filter was effective enough to avoid using the mask. We are now in Morro Bay and can even see the rock and rain coming tomorrow. Our condolences to the ppl having to live daily in those conditions, and those who suffered the fires directly.